James and the Giant Peach

Dec 28, 1976

0h 45m

★ 6.0

Overview

A TV adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book.

Genres

Fantasy

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC TV

James and the Giant Peach Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

James Henry Trotter

Simon Bell

Aunt Spiker

Anna Quayle

Aunt Sponge

Ann Beach

Old Man

Arthur Hewlett

Interviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Security Chief

Andrew Sachs

Grasshopper

Thorley Walters

Spider

Pat Coombs

Ladybird

Kate Lock

Centipede

Bernard Cribbins

Earthworm

Hugh Lloyd

Silkworm / 2nd Naval Officer

Christopher Owen

Glow-Worm / American Woman

Jo Kendall

From 1945 to 1989, after the capitulation of Nazi Germany, two rival ideologies, communism and capitalism, faced each other in a merciless battle. On one side of the Iron Curtain and on the other, throughout the Cold War, the USSR and the United States sought to shape children’s imaginations through their magazines and films. Never in the history of mankind have so many comic books been published and so many cartoons produced for young people. In November 1989, communism collapsed with the Berlin Wall; capitalism was left to decide the future of the world. What if this victory had been prepared for a long time, and our thinking conditioned, from our early childhood, to ensure this absolute triumph?

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Cast

James Henry Trotter

Simon Bell

Aunt Spiker

Anna Quayle

Aunt Sponge

Ann Beach

Old Man

Arthur Hewlett

Interviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Security Chief

Andrew Sachs

Grasshopper

Thorley Walters

Spider

Pat Coombs

Ladybird

Kate Lock

Centipede

Bernard Cribbins

Earthworm

Hugh Lloyd

Silkworm / 2nd Naval Officer

Christopher Owen

Glow-Worm / American Woman

James and the Giant Peach

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

James and the Giant Peach Trailers

Cast

Simon Bell

Anna Quayle

Ann Beach

Arthur Hewlett

Andrew Sachs

Thorley Walters

Pat Coombs

Kate Lock

Bernard Cribbins

Hugh Lloyd

Christopher Owen

Jo Kendall

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